Options market record

Lists for Monday, August 18, 2025end of day.

On Aug 18, 2025, IQ calls bought: 65.86K contracts, $1.4M, 52.0× its 20-day median; MDT puts bought: 28.39K contracts, $3.2M, 19.8× its 20-day median.

Ranked by contracts bought today compared with the stock's own median over the previous 20 trading days.

Top 10 call buys vs normal

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	IQ	65.86K	$1.4M	52.0×	$2.33	+$0.34	93.3%
2	MDT	36.5K	$3.6M	24.1×	$92.77	-$0.25	25.8%
3	CVX	127.01K	$291.6M	12.7×	$155.50	-$1.05	24.2%
4	NU	95.1K	$2.1M	7.1×	$13.29	+$0.19	51.2%
5	MO	50.62K	$1.7M	7.1×	$66.30	+$0.48	22.7%
6	WULF	190.5K	$26.5M	6.7×	$9.41	+$0.44	107.5%
7	XPEV	29.1K	$2.5M	6.1×	$19.99	+$0.29	64.3%
8	FSLR	48.49K	$71.5M	6.1×	$218.89	+$18.94	55.2%
9	ASHR	44.56K	$2.4M	5.8×	$29.95	+$0.45	19.8%
10	AMAT	22.83K	$10.3M	5.2×	$163.32	+$1.56	39.5%

Top 10 put buys vs normal

#	Symbol	Contracts bought	Dollars paid	vs normal	Price	Day change	30-day IV
1	MDT	28.39K	$3.2M	19.8×	$92.77	-$0.25	25.8%
2	WULF	44.51K	$2.5M	8.9×	$9.41	+$0.44	107.5%
3	DKNG	37.12K	$2.4M	8.1×	$45.76	+$0.82	45.4%
4	EQT	10.62K	$1.6M	7.9×	$50.55	-$2.30	38.4%
5	HTZ	16.6K	$5.9M	7.8×	$5.27	+$0.16	114.1%
6	HD	19.81K	$7.3M	7.2×	$396.00	-$3.38	26.1%
7	XPEV	16.6K	$1.2M	5.8×	$19.99	+$0.29	64.3%
8	SPXS	7.73K	$1.3M	5.7×	$4.24	+$0.01	45.2%
9	PANW	64.15K	$19.3M	5.0×	$185.11	+$8.02	43.0%
10	FSLR	22.29K	$14.4M	4.8×	$218.89	+$18.94	55.2%

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